Improvement in apparatus for shaping- earthenware



(dinard @Saintes JOSEPH H. BADDELEY, 0F GREENSBOROUGII, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 96,537 ,da-ted November 9, 1869.

IMPRVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR SHAPING- EARTHENWARE.

Theschedule referred to in these Letters Patent anc making part ofthe-same.

To all whom it lmag] concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. BADDELEY, ofGreensborough, in the'county of' Greene, and StateV of' Pennsylvania,have invented anew and improved Apparatus for Shaping Earthen Jars; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had wherein the clay is moulded to therequired exterior 4 H form, and in the employment therewith of. a tool,adapted to shape the interior of the jar, and to f'orm the chime for thecover.

Also, in au arrangement of' the support of the said tool, for holding itwhile turning, and for removing' it from the finished jar, for theremoval of the latter from the lathe, all as hereinafter' more fullyspecified.

The drawingrepresents a sectional elevatioirof' my impro-ved apparatus.

I place a plaster of' Paris moulding-jar, A, on the table B of' thelathe, and place the clay vtherein for the jar to he formed; and by theuse of the tool-G,

Qsuspended from above so as to ,be gradually pressed down in the mould,to act upon the clay as the lathe is revolved, I shape the said claywithin the jar up against the sides thereof, the said tool G beingarranged at the distance from the inner wall of' the mould for thethickness of the wall of the jar to be formed.

'.lhis tool C is provided with a cleft, D, to shape the chime, near thetop, for the support of the cover, and it is provided with a scraper, E,projecting over the topot' the mould, to remove any surplus metal.

The said tool is suspended from a bar, l?, hinged to thestandard G,which is jointed at the bottom, and free to swing toward or from themould.

t The other end of the bar F'passes through a slotted support, and isnotched at the under. side, Where it passes through the said slot, thevertical wallof the notch being atthe side of the post opposite' to themould, 'and the inclinedwallon the same side with the mould. A

This notch limits the movements of the post Gr away from the mould, andcauses the bar and the tool, thereon to lie-properly guided wheupresseddownupon the clay, and to rise for disengaging the chime, when it isdrawn through the slot from the mould.

I represents a holding-paavl,l provided with a han` dle, and arranged tobear against the post G,'pressiug it and the bar F in the direction' tohold the tool Qup to its work, and the notch in the bar against thepo'strIhe parts are arranged in this position when the work is conn'ncnced,and so maintained during'theoperation; but when the work is finished,the pawl I is turned up, the bar E drawn back, and the tool O raised upand away from the work so as to disengage the cleft from the lip orchime formed by it, without breaking or disturbing it, and then the baris swung over on the joint with the post G, and the tool C therebyremoved from the finished jar.

I am aware that tools for a similar purpose with 'mine have beenoperatedby a lever, pivoted to `a swinging or vibrating post, and I donot claim them, except in combination, as hereafter specified.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new,.and desire to secureby Letters Pat ent- 1.- lhe combination, with a moulding-jar, of ascraper, E, and clefted tool C D, al1 as shown and'described. i

2. 'lhe clefted tool C, in combination witlrnotched bar F, oscillatingpost G, dog I, and slotted-post Gr, all arranged as set forth. JOSEPH H.BADDELEY.

Witnesses c L. L. CRAWFORD, J .1. WILLIAMS.'

